I just finished my MA in Medieval Icelandic Studies at Háskóli
Íslands in Reykjavík, and I'm back in Canada for at least a little
while, checking out what's gone on while I've been away. I'm
currently a carbohydrate rethermalization technician and caffeine
delivery subdrone, but that's only until June or so, when I head
back to the EU so I can do another MA, this time in Library and
Info Management.

Otherwise, I generally go about life having as much fun as
possible, whether that's just hanging out with people or hiking
through a forest, or having some sort of death-defying adventure
somewhere. That last one actually happens a bit more than I'm
comfortable with admitting, truth told.

Self deprecation, story telling, and coming up with ludicrous
ideas, both academic and creative-wise. Also, drinking, smoking,
and having facial hair. Some other things, too, but we can discuss
those later, I suppose. By which I mean I'm handy with all sorts of
home-repair.

Books: (NOTE: I am, at heart, a gigantic child, thus the Boys
Adventure style books)
So many to list, but here are the ones that are my go-to choices:
Don Quixote, The Three Musketeers, Les Miserables, The Warlord
Chronicles, Sharpe's, The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Egils
saga, Njáls saga, the Robert E. Howard Conan stories, H.P.
Lovecraft's stuff, The Malazan Book of the Fallen, and The Black
Company stories.

Movies:
Star Wars, Star Trek II, III, IV, and VI, The Man with No Name
trilogy, Braveheart, Paths of Glory, Spartacus, Platoon, Django
Unchained, and Pacific Rim (which is the most metal movie I have
seen in a long time)

I'd like to make a positive, long-lasting impact, but I'm feeling
trapped and limited by the way in which our society has progressed;
to make any appreciable impact, it feels as though you need to
market yourself and, in order to market yourself, you need to
excise the part of you that made you want to change the world in
the first place.

You don't mind chatting with someone who's basically committed
himself to a fiscally fruitless but personally satisfying career
path, and can tell stories pretty well.

If you don't mind that I'm probably not going to be in the area for
too long, that'd be good too. If you're looking for someone to chat
with on the Internets or via postal mail, that works for me! I
realize that being a roguishly charming, globe-trotting
academic/educator makes things difficult for long-term
relationships of a romantical variety, so I'm not necessarily
expecting things to go that way.

Also, if you want to have hot, hot make-outs with a bearded guy,
I'm your man.